Spontaneity and reflection: the Dao of somaesthetics

Authors

  • Richard Shusterman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/artc-v21-n39-2019-52031

Keywords:

somaesthetics, chinese philosophy, body

Abstract

In this article, Richard Shusterman discusses the controversial relation between spontaneity and reflexive somatic awareness in contemporary philosophy. He, then, approaches this subject in classical confucian and daoist authors to present spontaneity and reflection as rather complementary than contradictory dimensions to each other.

 

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Author Biography

Richard Shusterman

Doutor em Filosofia pela Universidade de Oxford. Professor do Center for Body, Mind and Culture da Florida Atlantic University. Autor, entre ou outros livros, de The adventures of the man in gold. Paris: Hachette, 2017. 

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Published

2019-12-16

How to Cite

Shusterman, R. . (2019). Spontaneity and reflection: the Dao of somaesthetics. ArtCultura, 21(39), 125–138. https://doi.org/10.14393/artc-v21-n39-2019-52031

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Beyond Brazilian Borders